Here’s a Handy Guide to Every E3 2013 Live-Stream

Here’s a Handy Guide to Every E3 2013 Live-Stream

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Nintendo DS/3DS, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, PSP / Vita, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One On: 23 May

The countdown has officially begun! We’re just a few weeks away from E3 2013 and, as always, all the big names will be in attendance to showcase the latest games and next-gen consoles. Most of the major publishers all host their own individual presentations these days, so I figured compiling a list of when all [...]

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EA announces Need for Speed Rivals

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One On:

EA has unveiled the latest title in their long running Need for Speed franchise, entitled Need for Speed Rivals. The game is being co-developed by EA’s new Ghost studio and Criterion Games, the studio behind the Burnout series as well as the recent Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

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TL;DR: No More Online Passes? It’s A Trap!

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Blog, Gaming News On: 17 May

One of the most widespread stories this week focused on EA’s new decision to remove online passes from upcoming games. A seemingly consumer-friendly move in response to years of fan outcry, one has to wonder what the true motives are behind such a large decision with financial ramifications. If you ask me, which you did [...]

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EA gives up on Online Passes

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On: 16 May

Online Passes — one-time use codes that users have to enter if they want to access a game’s online features — have been one of the most maligned “features” forced onto modern games, and gamers have been protesting their use ever since they were first introduced a few years ago. Today Electronic Arts, the company [...]

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EA Opens DICE Studio in L.A. To Develop Star Wars Titles

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On: 15 May

When news broke last week that EA had partnered with Disney for an exclusive contract to develop all upcoming Star Wars games, the world clamored for more details. EA announced that the first new Star Wars game, which will run on Battlefield 3‘s Frostbite Engine 3, won’t be out until 2015; presumably to coincide with [...]

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Battlefield 3 double XP event postponed due to massive DDOS attack

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On: 09 May

Somebody has been trying to take down EA’s Battlefield 3 servers, and so far it seems like they’re doing a pretty good job of it: following a server crash on Tuesday night, the game’s servers across all platforms have suffered numerous outages, which EA says is the result of an on-going, targeted denial of service [...]

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EA is now the exclusive publisher for new Star Wars games

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On: 06 May

When LucasArts’ new parent corporation, Disney, announced that they were shutting the company down a few weeks ago, they said that the development of new Star Wars games would be licensed out to a third party. Today, they revealed who that third party is: Electronic Arts.

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Madden to skip Wii U in 2013

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii U On: 02 May

The bad news continues to roll in for Nintendo’s embattled console, as today EA announced that the latest version of Madden won’t be released for the Wii U.

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Rumor: Respawn’s “Titan” project exclusive to Xbox platforms

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox 360 On: 30 Apr

The mysterious “Titan,” the first game being created by Respawn Entertainment, a team comprised of former Call of Duty developers, is apparently going to be an Xbox exclusive, at least according to info gathered by Kotaku.

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EA CCO: The Closest Games Reaching Mass Market Appeal are “Social and Mobile”

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On: 12 Apr

Alright, EA, I’ll bite. In an interview with Games Industry, EA CCO Richard Hilleman explained that video games do not yet have mass market appeal. In fact, we’re not even close. According to Hilleman, “The closest thing we’ve had to a mass market, frankly, has been the social and mobile spaces.” He goes on to [...]

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EA Earns ‘The Worst Company in America’ For Second Straight Year

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Console News, Gaming News On: 09 Apr

Well it’s official, the consumerist has done their annual ranking of the worst companies in America and just like last year EA has once again taken the crown as the worst of the worst. An impressive feat considering they were running up against companies like Bank of America, Walmart, Comcast, and Ticketmaster. According to The [...]

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Humpday Bump: Scared About Plants vs. Zombies 2 Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, PC On: 27 Mar

Plants vs. Zombies is perhaps my favorite casual game of all time. When going through a “game drought” of more flashy titles, I often found myself drawn back into the game for a few more hours of fun. I was understandably excited to hear that PopCap had announced a sequel to be released this summer [...]

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